To heliotrope

To heliotrope

Sunshine glockenspiel
wields incense of rose and sends,
pretends, when from the eaves
the winter leaves in rivulets.

I’m let to turn and as I squint
for hint of early spring
I heliotrope,
and hope to cope, to thaw
when winter bites again.

Inspired by the visual art and videos of Maria Wulf in Margaret’s prompt at toads. Heliotrope is a mechanism for flowers to turn and face the sun. In spring when the first sun is out you might see Swedes just standing lapping the first precious rays. There is also a wonderful word in Swedish called dagsmeja, which is when the daylight sun makes the sun melt.

Nice Bjorn, I like it. Do you think the “Sunshine glockenspiel” is dependable?
Ours is not, it tells when it wants, some days never. I can identify with the melting ice as we had a lot of that in Nebraska where I grew up.
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Really gorgeous! My only negative critique is you didn’t record this in your beautiful voice. To hear it with your “accent” would be stunning for this plain sounding (American) English speaking girl to hear.

Wonderful rhyme in this – and thanks for the intro to heliotrope. The piece was a real treat … just spot on hit the mark, for me. I have seen many harsh winters over the years. That, the words you chose and the chuckle of humor – it all comes together so comfortably.

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